02-27-2020, 08:48 PM
(02-27-2020, 08:44 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: To comment a little further on what Pat said, because I agree, is that the big problem for Clinton was that she didn't excite the voters and so Democratic turnout was low. A Joe/Pete ticket would have the same effect.
That seems to be a perfectly valid point.
Just - the alternative is Bernie. Who might excite voters, but also turn those conservatives in the suburbs away. I'd figure this effect might very well cancel out the mobilization effect. you would know more about that than me though.
As for excitement and mobilization, one could argue that Trump does enough work in that regard. Even if one does not get excited about Biden, when Trump's the alternative, wouldn't many still vote for him anyways?
(And I know Clinton ran against Trump as well - but I'd figure many still thought of Trump as maybe being not that awful or growing with the job.)
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